JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL FRIDAY - 21 AUGUST 1970

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OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Friday - 21 August 1970
% 1. I I- GLC) Charles Kendrick, Administrative Assistant
to Senator Peter Dominick, called about two articles by a British corres-
pondent Donald Seamans on the installation of a noncritical nuclear reactor
in Cuba. Senator Dominick put these two articles in the Congressional Record
on 12 August and would like to know how factual they are. I told Kendrick
I would check on this and be in touch with him.
2. I I- GLC) Bill Woodruff, Counsel, Senate Appropriations
Committee, called and said he had been unable to schedule the briefing of
the CIA Senate Appropriations Subcommittee for Tuesday. Since that is
the only day the Director is available next week, this may have to be put
over until after the Labor Day recess. I will check with Woodruff again
early next week.
3. I I- GLC) Talked with James Knowles, Research
Director, Joint Economic Committee, and alerted him to our concern over
an. article entitled "Technological Base of Soviet Military Power" by Dr.
Michael Boretsky, of the Commerce Department, which was written for
inclusion in an upcoming Joint Committee publication. I told him we had
been in touch with Commerce about our views on this but wanted to alert
the Committee staff. I also emphasized that we did not want to get in the
middle between the Committee and Commerce on it. Knowles said he
appreciated our alerting him to this since the publication has already been
through galley proofs.
4. I I- GLC) Edith Johnson, House Armed Services Com- \
mittee staff, called and asked if we had prepare a report to the om nl e
on H. R. 14318, a bill to create an Office of Defense Review. After checking
the file I advised Miss Johnson that based on conversations with Oneta
Stockstill, of the Committee staff, and our understanding that no Committee
action was anticipated on this legislation we had not developed a position on it.
She said this was fine she just wanted to be sure to include any proposed Agenc report in a package of other reports on the legislation which will be circulated
to the sponsors.
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Tuesday - 18 August 1970
25X1 1. I I- RJK) Delivered to the offices of
. Senator Claiborne Pell (D., R. I. ) and Senator Mike Mansfield (D. , Mont. )
STATSPElitems in which their names were mentioned.
25X1 2. RJK) Left with Pam Foringer, on the staff of STATOTHR
Representative Louis Frey, Jr. (R. , Fla. ), a suggested reply and-three
publications in response to a letter from in which
he asked several questions about U. S. intelligence activities.
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3. I IRJK) Picked up three boxes of slides and 12 rolls of film
from J. G. Sourwine, Chief Counsel, Senate Subcommittee on Internal
Security. Sourwine requested that the Agency make two copies of the photos,
all of which were taken in Cuba, available to the Subcommittee. He said
further that he would identify the individual who took the photos. The
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evaluation.
25X1 4. I I- LLM) On referral from the House Armed Services
STATOTHRCommittee, called explaining that she was writing a
"small book" and wanted to now if the Agency had issued a white paper
on the National Student Association relationship. She said she wanted a
more authoritative source to cite than the Ramparts magazine and New
York Times articles. (She characterized these articles as excellent. )
STATOTHR was unaware of the Katzenbach Committee report and
President Johnson's implementation of its recommendations, and at her
request I gave her the date when the Committee report was made public
by the White House. She assured me she was fully aware of the Agency's
no comment policy. Mr. Goodwin has been advised.
25X1 5. LLM) In response to Jay Sourwine's, Chief
Counsel, Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, request of 14 August
LOA IH to Mr. II delivered to Warren Littman, of the Subcommittee staff,
a short classified sketch of the prior activities of
STATOTHI to hold for Al Tarabochia.
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OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Thursday - 13 August 1970
1. ~- JMM) Briefed Chairman L. Mendel Rivers and Chief
Counsel Russ Blandford, House Armed Services Committee, on an Agency
activity in connection with the current Middle East situation, explaining the
sensitivity of our role and the fact that policy aspects were in the hands of
the State Department.
A lengthy discussion followed on the Soviet interest in the Middle East,
during which I tried to summarize developments since our last Subcommittee
meeting where this was discussed.
Blandford asked if we had any information about the Soviet AN-22
transport plane which went down off Iceland a couple weeks ago. He
expressed suspicion that the: plane carried some sort of sensitive equipment,
since the Soviets had been engaged ever since in intensive efforts to recover
all debris from the area. I said I hadn't heard this aspect discussed but
would look into it.
I told Chairman Rivers of our concern about the problem of our
retirement ceiling and said we would be in touch with him very shortly about
amending our legislation in this and other respects. Before I could explain
the details, Rivers broke in to say I was?.wasting my time, he fully appreciated
our problem but we would have to get our bill through the Senate first- -then
he would "take care of it right away. " He spoke bitterly of the amount of
legislation the House has passed which is now awaiting action in the Senate,
and said he wasn't going to pass a single additional bill until the Senate
got back to work.
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2. (Secret - JMM) Accompanied I CI Staff, and
OCI, who briefed Senator George Murphy (R. , Calif.)
on a genera situation in Israel and the Middle East preparatory to Senator
Murphy's upcoming trip. Murphy seemed well pleased with the briefing,
and at the end I briefly explained to him a current Agency activity in connection
with the Middle East situation, emphasizing the sensitivity.
3 JMM) Called Russ Blandford, House Armed Services
Committee stall, to say that after further checking at Headquarters I could
add nothing to what I told him and Chairman Rivers this morning re the AN-22
which went down near Iceland and the terms of the Arab/Israeli cease-fire
agreement (i. e. , neither side would "improve its positiori'while the agreement
was in effect).
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7. I I- JGO) With apologies Chairman Mahon, House
Appropriations Committee, canceled a meeting with the Director scheduled
for 11:00 a. m. due to the press of business on the floor of the House
occasioned by the veto messages of the President on the Education bill and
the Independent Offices--HUD Appropriations bill. The Director was
notified.
8. - JGO) Received a call from Andy Montgomery,
Assistant to Senator Jac i er (R. , Iowa). Mr. Montgomery told me the
Senator is trying to identify a Soviet or Russian writing on their use of
ridicule of foreign leaders and leaderships to create dissension within the
foreign countries and asked if we could be of any help in identifying appropriate
material on the subject. I told Mr. Montgomery I.would look into this and
I would be back in touch with him.
9. I IJGO) Met with Frank Slatinshek, Assistant Chief
Counsel, ouse Armed Services Committee, and briefed him on an Agency
10. - JGO) Met with Ralph Preston, House Appropriations
Committee staff, who again expressed the Chairman's apologies for
cancellation of this morning's briefing. I told him that he could assure the
Chairman that apologies were not necessary, that Mr. Helms well appreciates
the Chairman's position. Mr. Preston told me that he does not believe that
the Chairman will be able to schedule another meeting of the Subcommittee
before about 9 September. I discussed with Mr. Preston the matter of the
change in appointments for who
will be coming in from Camp Lejeune for interview on Friday. Mr. Preston
expressed his appreciation for assistance in handling this matter. See
Journal item of 11 August 1970.
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Monday - 10 August 1970
4. II JGO) Received a call from Mr. Ralph Preston,
House Appropriations Committee staff, who said that the Chairman
would appreciate an updating of information with particular emphasis on
Laos, Cambodia, and the Middle East on Thursday. Mr. Preston indicated
that he would guess that the meeting would be Thursday morning, but would
have to wait until the Chairman is able to fix a time before he can be
certain. After checking with Mr. Maury, I called Mr. Preston and told
him the Director was not available for final confirmation of the meeting.
The meeting was confirmed later in the day for 11:00 a. m. , Thursday,
13 August 1970.
5. 1- JGO) Talked to Richard Moose, Senate Foreign
Relations Committee staff, as a follow up to his request on Friday,
7 August, concerning the Foreign Service Nominations Reference and
Report. See Memorandum for the Record.
6. II- JGO) Met with Mr. Ralph Preston, House Appropriations
Committee staff, and briefed him on the following items: Soviet military
airlift to Egypt; Soviet Flogger; Foxbat aircraft; and Soviet weapons storage.
Mr. Preston noted in passing that Mr. Devlin of ISA will be briefing the
full Defense Subcommittee on Tuesday, 11 August 1970. Mr. has
been advise
7. II- JGO) Met separately with Mr. Blandford and
Mr. Slatinshek, House Armed Services Committee staff, and briefed them
on the following items: Soviet military airlift; Soviet Flogger; Foxbat
aircraft; and Soviet weapons storage.
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8. I I- JGO) Received a call at home late in the evening
from Mr. Security Watch Office, who told me that the Watch
Office had received a call from Mr. David. Lovenheim, Administrative
Assistant to Reresentative Frank g a
Information
received by Representative Horton's office indicated that Mr. F----l had been
arrested in Uzechoslovakia. I lnndicated Mr. Goodwin's office had
been advised. I thanked him for the call.
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Wednesday - 5 August 1970
10. I I- JGO) Delivered three letters from
Mr. Maury to Mr. William Woodruff, Counsel, Senate Appropriations
Committee; Senator Milton R. Young (R. , N. Dak.); and Senator
Birch Bayh (D., Ind.).
11. I I- JGO) Delivered to the offices of Senator J. W.
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Fulbright (D., Ark. ), and Senator Stuart Symington (D., Mo.),
items in which the Senators were mentioned.
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12. I- JGO) Met with Mr. Earl J. Morgan, House Armed
Services Committee staff, and brought him up to date on the Agency
close out of Project In essence I filled him in on the details of
the two air shipments and the surface shipment.
13. JGO) In response to a request earlier in the
day, delivered two sets o personnel applications to the office of Senator
Richard B. Russell (D., Ga.).
14. I I- JGO) Met with Mr. Norman G. Cornish, House
Subcommittee on Foreign Operations and Government Information staff,
and discussed with him the current Subcommittee study on telephone
monitoring in Federal departments and agencies. In response to my
request for copies of the earlier Subcommittee reports, Mr. Cornish told
me he would have them pulled from file and have them available tomorrow
on a loan basis. He also mentioned in passing that the Subcommittee is
somewhat concerned with the transcription of the tape recordings of the
interviews by the delegation from the House of Representatives with persons
at the Con Son prison in Vietnam and indicated he might want to talk to us
further on this subject at a later date.
15. I I- JGO) Met with Bun Bray, Staff Director,
Subcommittee on Manpower
told me that the full Commiteeswill fnot be meeting
Service Committee, who
tomorrow nor will the Manpower and Civil Service Subcommittee.
Chairman Henderson has not scheduled a date for consideration of S. 782.
Other Committee business may possibly fill the schedule through the August
recess on the 14th.
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